their behavior is no way like that Jesus story or Martin Luther's actions

if Jesus or Martin Luther had pulled a stunt like they did no one would even know their names

it was a protest, bit extreme maybe, but still a protest

(against Putin and his regime fwiw, you know? like you said yourself? all the other stuff going on? i cannot believe i'm having to spell this out actually!)

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there are a lot of Russians that are being unfairly persecuted, prosecuted and incarcerated for non-criminal behavior.

pussy riot has been staging politically provocative impromptu performances about Russian political life in unusual locations, such as on top of a trolleybus or on a scaffold in the Moscow Metro.

other people are having their homes raided, their computers confiscated, being jailed and having there assets seized

no one is even talking about that, all we are hearing about is these people that chose to go and desecrate a house of worship.

they're protesting against exactly the issues you're talking about deep, and getting locked up for it basically - it's censorship and a clamp-down on anti-government criticism - that's why there's such an uproar about it...

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